announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it was an encouraging sight for american families who had been hard pressed to find infant formula for their babies pallets and pallets of formula, 35 tons, arriving in the u.s. from europe aboard a military transport plane, enough to feed 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week but the math doesn t yet add up to full store shelves. with 43% of formula supplies nationwide out of stock tonight the biden administration moving on several fronts, including another military shipment planned for later this week to try to ease the shortage but relief may still be some weeks away, leaving frustrated and anxious parents further on edge. jo ling kent has late details. reporter: when the first emergency aircraft for operation fly formula landed, it delivered a sign of hope, alongside growing nationwide panic. everything is empty. i don t know about y all, but this is scary. reporter: aboard
are one. arthel: the city of buffalo, new york, is mourning the ten lives lost in yesterday s shooting at a supermarket. the deadliest mass shooting in the city s history, another 3 people were injured in what the city s police commissioner called a, quote, absolute racist hate crime. hello,ing everyone, this is a brand new hour of fox news live, i m arthel neville. eric: hello, everyone, i m eric shawn. the mass shooting happened around 2:30 yesterday afternoon in a predominantly african-american buffalo neighborhood. eleven of the thirteen victims were black. among those killed, as you just heard, this man, retired buffalo police officer 55-year-old aaron salter, he s being praised as a hero who was working as a security guard at the supermarket, and police say he did open fire at the gunman, but that shooter was wearing body armor. u.s. department of justice now investigating this mass shooting as a, quote, hate crime and an act of violent extremism. the 18-year-old susp
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it was an encouraging sight for american families who had been hard pressed to find infant formula for their babies pallets and pallets of formula, 35 tons, arriving in the u.s. from europe aboard a military transport plane, enough to feed 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week but the math doesn t yet add up to full store shelves. with 43% of formula supplies nationwide out of stock tonight the biden administration moving on several fronts, including another military shipment planned for later this week to try to ease the shortage but relief may still be some weeks away, leaving frustrated and anxious parents further on edge. jo ling kent has late details. reporter: when the first emergency aircraft for operation fly
review this tweet or maybe form a new non sequitur board instead. president biden will make his first trip to east asia as president, visiting south korea and japan. and it looks like, according to u.s. officials, north korea could be greeting him with potential nuclear tests. eric: kim jong un at it again, lucas, thank you. arthel: parents across the u.s. are scrambling to find baby formula for their little ones. at least 20% of formula supplies are out of stock in every state. nine states are reporting more than 50% out of stock. and now doctors are warning parents not to dilute the formula they give their children because it could result in seizures or even death. dr. frieda fisher is here, she s a cert pied pediatric me frolings. dr. frieda, first of all, what s in baby formula, and how important is baby formula to an
what is it? you asked great questions and you point out the difficult positions that many families are in, worrying about where to find formula for their babies. there are a couple of important things and we are seeing the lack of formula supplies is not evenly distributed across stores in communities. first, some things that is parents could do and i know this is so frustrated and you have a little one and you don t have great transportation, one of thithe things you could do is check different stores and finding smaller stores. another thing is check with your pediatrician if you have questions. for many babies, there are certain formulas there are out of stock but others there in stock. for most babies you can substitute other formula and do just fine in the meantime. those are a couple of things you could do.